As rain begins to fall lightly in south Metro Denver, the odds that the looming storm will being a much-needed drenching that could extinguish the Galena wildfire in Larimer County are not high, a forecaster says.

"I don't think it's going to be a soaker that is going to put it completely out," said Kyle Fredin, meteorologist for the National Weather Service in Boulder. "I don't think it will be a significant rain storm."

But Fredin said the storm has cooled temperatures and winds have died down significantly since Friday afternoon, when the wildfire blew up near Lory State Park . The fire is estimated at 1,000 acres, with about 5 percent containment.

Friday winds were gusting up to 45 mph in Larimer County. Today they will reach about 25 mph, Fredin said.

At 8 a.m., the relative humidity in the fire zone west of Horsetooth Reservoir was about 65 percent, according to the weather service website.

Fredin predicted a 30 percent chance of rain in Larimer County. He said a band of clouds is currently headed east from Utah.

"We'll get a better idea in the next few hours where the showers will set up," Fredin said.

He said it's always hit and miss.

Light rain began to fall around 7 a.m. in southern Jefferson County and near Pike's Peak in El Paso County.

Temperatures in the metro region will be far lower Saturday than the record-setting levels of Friday, when the mercury reached 76 degrees at Denver International Airport, he said. The high in Larimer County and the Denver area will be in the mid 50s, he said.

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